ElevatIQ Enterprise Software Rankings 2025

Super excited to announce our annual rankings for 2025 of the enterprise software categories we cover. These rankings are released annually. Detailed analysis and research will be available for each category in the next few weeks on our blog pages and YouTube channel.

Check out the video here!

Here are the categories included:

1. ERP
2. Supply Chain Suites/WMS/TMS
3. eCommerce Platforms
4. CRM/CX Suites/Marketing Automation
5. HCM/HRIS Suites
6. Project Management Systems/PSA
7. Field Service Systems
8. Enterprise Asset Management Systems

Our analysis is generally divided into the following segments in terms of company size:

1. Startups
2. Small
3. Mid-sized (upper and lower)
4. Enterprise (upper and lower)

We also segment this based on several micro-industries, such as discrete and process, as well as categories, such as product-centric vs service-centric.

Here are the most common variables used for this analysis.

1. Overall market share/# of customers
2. Ownership/funding.
3. Quality of development
4. Community/Ecosystem
5. Quality of publicly available product documentation
6. Product share and documented commitment (of the publisher through financial statements)
7. Ability to natively support diversified business models
8. Acquisition strategy aligned with the product
9. User Reviews

What’s been your experience with these market segments and categories? We would love to hear your feedback!